diff --git a/roles/ipsilon/templates/httpd.conf.j2 b/roles/ipsilon/templates/httpd.conf.j2
index 3e02007d6c..5eeacb8933 100644
--- a/roles/ipsilon/templates/httpd.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ipsilon/templates/httpd.conf.j2
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ RewriteEngine on
 RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower
 {% if env == "staging" %}
 RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}} ^[a-z0-9_\.-]+\.id\.stg\.fedoraproject\.org$
-RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
-RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)\.id\.stg\.fedoraproject\.org/.* /openid/id/$1/ [PT]
+RewriteRule ^(.+) /${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
+RewriteRule ^/([a-z0-9_\.-]+)\.id\.stg\.fedoraproject\.org/.* /openid/id/$1/ [PT]
 {% else %}
 RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}} ^[a-z0-9_\.-]+\.id\.fedoraproject\.org$
-RewriteRule ^(.+) ${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
-RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)\.id\.fedoraproject\.org/.* /openid/id/$1/ [PT]
+RewriteRule ^(.+) /${lowercase:%{SERVER_NAME}}$1 [C]
+RewriteRule ^/([a-z0-9_\.-]+)\.id\.fedoraproject\.org/.* /openid/id/$1/ [PT]
 {% endif %}